Ham-hanger



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HAM' HANGER.

APPLICATIQN FILED APR. 14, 1920.

Patented May 17,1921.

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n N m T T j UNITED STATES JOSEPH VLACH, JR., OF HANOVER, KANSAS. A

HAM-HANGER. I

Specification of Letters iatent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Application filed April 14, 1920. Serial No. 373,827.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Josnrn VLAoH, Jr., a citizen of the United States,residing at Hanover, in the county of Washington and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ham-Hangers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skllled in theart to which it, appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new. and useful improvements in ham hangersespecially adaptable for supporting hams either on display or whilebeing smoked and has for its primary object the provision of asupporting element and an attaching member having one end pivoted to theelement and its other end detachably connected thereto so that saidmember may be easily and quickly passed through the opening in the shankof a ham and then secured to said supportin element and retained inconnection therewlth by the weight ofthe ham, thereby obviating thedanger of the ham falling or becoming detached'which is frequent whenhams are supported by strings.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a ham hanger of theabove stated character which shall be simple, durable and efiicient, andwhich may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

. For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be hadto the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1is a side elevation illustrating a' ham hanger constructed in accordancewith my invention and applied to a ham,

ig. 2 is an end elevation illustrating the same.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the

numeral 1 indicates a supporting element constructed from a singlelength of material or heavy wire which has one end bent to form an eye 2while its other end is bent to form a loop 3 adapted to receive or beplaced over a support or hook. The hea wire after being bent to form theloop 3 1s twlsted about the shank l as illustrated at 4 and then bentoutwardly and upwardly from said shank to form a hook or catch 5. Asubstantially arcuate shaped attaching member 6 1s constructed fromheavy wire and has one end bent to form an eye 7 that extends or fits 1nthe eye 2 for the purpose of plvotally or swivelly connecting theattachlng member 6 to the supporting element 1. The other end of theattaching member 6 is bent to form an elongated eye 8 adapted to receivethe catch or hook 5 and owing to the pivotal connection between theattaching1 member and the supporting element, sai elongated eye 8 can bereadily disengaged and engaged with the hook or catch. The attachingmember 6 is provided with a comparatively straight portion 9 thatextends at right angles to the supporting element 1 and said, attachingmember then curves gradually outwardly and inwardly toward thesupporting element before forming the elongated eye so that when theattaching member 6 is passed through the opening in the shank of a ham10, said ham will suspend from the comparatively straight portion 9thereby preventing the elongated eye from becoming detached from thehook or catch. 7

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination, and arrangement of parts may be made, without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention gated portion to close theloop and then 7 extending outwardly and upwardly into a hook, said coilsalso rigidifying the hook, a second section of substantially rigidmaterial having an eyelet pivoting it to said first-named eyelet forvertical and lateral movement, the second section having a suspendingportion and an elongated ortion extending therefrom, opposite the saldfirstnamed elongated portion and the elongated In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature portion of the second section having a3 e%oninpresence of two witnesses.

ated e elet to engage said hook, sai e ongated p ortions extending onopposite sides JOSEPH VLACH 5 of a vertical line passing through theloop Witnesses:

so as to support an article on the suspending JOHN MERE, Jr. portion inthe line of the center of gravity. GERTRUDE IMMING.

